Andre Levy, Nienhauser, William H., Jr.

Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a "picture of Chinese literature of the past" that illustrates the four great literary genres of China: the classics, prose, poetry, and the literature of entertainment. This book combines personal insights with innovative historical accounts in a genre-based approach that aims to move beyond the typical chronology of dynasties.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 129mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9780253213655
• ISBN-10: 0253213657
• Artikelnr.: 22325795

Autorenporträt

André Lévy is Emeritus Professor at the University of Bordeaux. William H. Nienhauser, Jr., is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
IntroductionChapter 1: Antiquity
I. Origins
II. "Let one hundred flowers bloom, Let the hundred schools of thought
contend!"
1. Mo zi and the Logicians
2. Legalism
3. The Fathers of Taoism
III. The Confucian ClassicsChapter 2: Prose
I. Narrative Art and Historical Records
II. The Return of the "Ancient Style"
III. The Golden Age of Trivial Literature
IV. Literary CriticismChapter 3: Poetry
I. The Two Sources of Ancient Poetry
1. The Songs of Chu
2. Poetry of the Han Court
II. The Golden Age of Chinese Poetry
1. From Aesthetic Emotion to Metaphysical Flights
2. From Age of Maturity
3. The Late Tang
III. The Triumph of Genres in Song
Chapter 4: The Literature of Entertainment: The Novel and Theater
I. Narrative Literature Written in Classical Chinese
II. The Theater
1. The Opera-theater of the North
2. The Opera-theater of the South
III. The Novel
1. Oral Literature
2. Stories and Novellas
3. The "Long Novel" or SagaAbbreviations
Index